I really don't want to date a girl addicted to the internet!

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Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Cheng Fei and Sebastian dug underwater for four whole days, finally loosening the bow of the ship that was embedded in the sand.

His experience bar also filled up at the same time.

[Strength: 7 (Excellent) → 8 (Exceptional)]

On the surface, the boy didn't become a muscle monster like those fitness enthusiasts. Especially when he was dressed, he seemed to be only slightly more upright than the average person. But once he took off his clothes and exerted a little force, his well-proportioned muscle groups would release an unbridled sense of power, and the undulating lines were as perfect as a marble sculpture.

At noon, Nagasaki Asuna happened to see him changing his clothes. The usually composed girl froze for a moment, then immediately covered her mouth and ran away.

Cheng Fei thought he had scared her.

Putting that incident aside, in the afternoon the group packed their belongings and gathered in the cockpit of the Miriam.

Sebastian calmly maneuvered the oars in reverse, stirring up white foam at the stern.

The yacht shook for a moment, then began to slowly reverse.

"We did it!" Miriam cheered as she leaned against the ship's side.

Nagasaki Asuna and Ye Shuang exchanged a glance and breathed a sigh of relief.

Cheng Fei looked at Shen Xi, the girl who had ignored him for several days, flicked her hair and turned her face away, as indifferent as ever.

This woman holds a grudge.

The boy had nothing to say.

The Miriam slowly reversed, moving a distance away from the island before turning and heading towards the boundless blue sea.

Cheng Fei put his hands in his pockets, looked out the window, and silently opened the system, using the [System Backend Key].

"Huh, the island is gone?" Nagasaki Asuna was the first to turn around, looking surprised.

The island, which was clearly visible just moments before, has vanished silently into the sea.

The surrounding sea appeared unchanged, and even the clouds in the sky illuminated by the setting sun were identical.

Cheng Fei surveyed his surroundings; the sea was calm and there were no suspicious vessels.

"Wow, this is amazing! Will I be able to come back next time?" the boy exclaimed seriously.

Shen Xi glanced at him expressionlessly, then quickly went to check the readings on the gravimeter. After seeing that everything was normal, she remained silent.

"Everyone, satellite communications have been restored," Sebastian's calm voice rang out.

“Great! Contact my father right away!” Miriam said excitedly.

"Senior, just to be on the safe side, please don't make a fuss about what happened in the corridor," Cheng Fei reminded her promptly.

“Alright, junior.” Miriam, who had originally wanted to seek revenge against the Royal Navy, nodded honestly.

"So we can turn back now? I didn't expect it to be so dangerous near the corridor." Nagasaki Asuna stretched and glanced at Shen Xi out of the corner of her eye.

"Now that the objective has been achieved, let's return to base," Shen Xi said expressionlessly.

Cheng Fei seemed to suddenly realize something and looked at Milian, "Senior, we shouldn't be stranded on a desert island again, right?"

"A deserted island? How could that be? Junior, are you kidding me? Haha..." Miriam came to her senses and let out an awkward laugh.

After communication was restored, the Miriam received several search and rescue calls, indicating that someone had commissioned a maritime search and rescue organization to find the Miriam. At Cheng Fei's request, Sebastian described the Miriam's disappearance as a pirate attack.

Embarking on its return journey, the Miriam returned to a relaxed atmosphere.

Shen Xi was engrossed in analyzing the various data she had collected, seemingly oblivious to everything else around her.

The coordinates indicate that the corridor is heading towards the North Pacific Ocean, and may pass through the Bering Strait into the Arctic Ocean, but it is still a long way from the Miriam.

"Thinking back on it, it was really a close call, Teacher Shen. We almost ended up drowning together at sea."

"Ha, scared? You still keep saying you like it, what a hypocrite, a coward who's afraid of death."

In response to the boy's exclamation, the girl replied as follows.

"Want to commit suicide with me? Teacher Shen, that's a distorted kind of love."

"Shut up."

"Ok."

Another thing was that after Cheng Fei's phone connected to the internet, he received a series of messages from Lin Xuanqi.

The earliest one was posted on New Year's Eve.

"The dumplings here are absolutely awful."

The accompanying photo shows a small plate of dumplings soaking in soup, and the photo intentionally or unintentionally also includes the thighs covered in black pantyhose.

As expected, no reply was received, so the next day...

"You dare not reply to my messages? You're asking for it!"

……

"Cheng Fei, you think you're all grown up now, huh?"

……

"No answer"

"No answer"

"No answer"

"You just wait!"

……

"Cheng Fei, what's wrong with you? Reply to my message!"

Several phone calls were made during this period, all of which turned into text message notifications sent to Cheng Fei's mailbox.

"Where did you all run off to?"

It seems they had already noticed something was wrong.

"Someone has been sent to look for you. Reply as soon as you see this."

The last message was posted the morning before yesterday, and then it stopped.

After Cheng Fei finished browsing the messages, a frantic phone call came in, the caller ID showing Lin Xuanqi.

"Cheng Fei! Where have you been these past few days?" As soon as the call connected, a girl's barrage of insults came from the other end.

……

206. Shen Xi is a young lady.

"Something unexpected happened; you could say we encountered pirates," Cheng Fei said into the phone.

"Pirates?" Lin Xuanqi, who was initially angry, became surprised.

"Pretty much. Anyway, we can't get in touch with the outside world. I'm sorry to have worried you, Xuanqi."

"Are you hurt?" the girl asked immediately.

"Thankfully, you've blessed us and things are going well. We're heading back now, and I'll explain when we get back."

A long silence fell over the other end.

"Hey, hey, hey? Why aren't you talking? Is the signal bad?" Cheng Fei said, sounding a little smug. "Could it be that you're relieved to know I'm alright? Xuanqi, don't love me too much."

"I love you my foot!" The girl was so angry she looked like she wanted to twist his waist through the signal. "I've been so busy these past few days, who has time to care about you? Just wait until we get back, you'll see what I do to you!"

He sounded like he was about to hang up, but he didn't.

"Looking forward to your tidying up, remember to wear thinner pantyhose."

"I'll wear your head! When did you start talking so slickly?" The girl seemed even more annoyed.

"Hey, hang up now if there's nothing else, I'm worried you won't have enough phone credit. Love you, Xuanqi."

"Phone bill my foot! Sending people to look for you has cost us a fortune, are you really okay?"

"It's fine, don't worry..." the boy said, when the roar of the rotors overhead, growing louder as they approached, caught his attention. "Damn it, Xuanqi, did you call this helicopter? Can you give me a discount if I cancel now?"

"It's so noisy over there! What helicopter? My men said you're all fine and have already called back." The girl asked, puzzled.

"No? Then I'll hang up now, we'll talk later, bye!"

Cheng Fei hung up the phone and instinctively used his arm to shield his face from the strong gust of air blowing on him.

Above the Miriam, a large black bird was slowly approaching, intending to land on the helipad on the upper deck.

"Cheng Fei, you are so filthy and disgusting that it makes me want to vomit." Shen Xi walked to the boy's side, seemingly having overheard his phone call, and spoke in an extremely disgusted tone.

When the helicopter landed, Cheng Fei saw the logo of the Academy City Security Department on the fuselage.

The staff in work uniforms jumped out of the cabin and quickly approached Shen Xi with a clear objective.

Shen Xi seemed to understand that the other party's target was her.

"Who sent you? Didn't I tell you to leave me alone?" The girl frowned, making no attempt to hide her displeasure.

"Miss Shen, this is the minister's instruction," the visitor said, bowing his head.

The boy standing next to him raised an eyebrow.

……

In just one day, the crew of the Miriam were airlifted directly back to Academy City.

Then a special car took Cheng Fei home.

"Minister, when would you like to introduce me to another minister from the Shen family?" Cheng Fei said to the girl sitting in the back seat of the car.

"You don't need to know people who are irrelevant to you." Shen Xi turned her face away coldly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the car window rolled up.

The boy watched the understated black sedan drive away, then dragged his luggage upstairs, casually taking out his phone to search for information using the Academy City Security Department as the keyword.

"The full name of the Security Department is the Academy City Public Security Management and Terrorism Response Department..."

"With cutting-edge equipment emerging one after another, how can the Ministry of Security single-handedly annihilate a small country..."

"The Security Department is under the academy's board of directors, and its head is a member of the board..."

Cheng Fei thought for a moment and found Kong Ruizhe, whom he had met at the Lin family gathering, in his WeChat contacts. Kong Ruizhe is also the current vice president of Yinghua's student council.

"Senior, could you please ask me something?"

What is the relationship between Shen Xi and the head of the security department?

As Cheng Fei was packing his luggage, a reply came from the other end.

"Uncle Shen is Shen Xi's father. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"No, I was just curious. Thanks."

Putting down his phone, the boy murmured to himself, "My dear Ms. Shen, you really are the eldest daughter of the Shen family?"

Regardless, after two weeks at sea, Cheng Fei breathed a sigh of relief upon returning to his familiar rented room.

He sent Lin Xuanqi a message asking when she would be back, and the reply was that she would be back soon.

He sent another message to Shen Xi, but received no response.

After thinking about it, I contacted a tea ceremony teacher.

"Your number?"

"Okay~"

The reply came instantly.

The consumption of points gave the boy a strong sense of crisis; you can never have too many of these things.

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